Arrowood station
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Arrowood
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| LYNX light rail station | |||||||||||
| Location | 7717 England Street Charlotte, NC 28273 |
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| Coordinates | 35°8′8″N 80°52′35″W / 35.13556°N 80.87639°W | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Charlotte Area Transit System | ||||||||||
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| Platforms | 1 island platform | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
| Bus stands | 4 | ||||||||||
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 CATS: 24, 56 |
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| Structure type | At-grade | ||||||||||
| Parking | 289 spaces | ||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | Racks and Lockers available | ||||||||||
| Disabled access | Yes | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | November 24, 2007 | ||||||||||
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Arrowood is a light rail station for the LYNX Blue Line in Charlotte, North Carolina, United States. The station, which features an island platform that sit between the two tracks, is located along England Street near Arrowood Road. The station serves the Starmount and Starmount Forest neighborhoods as well as Central Piedmont Community College's Harper Campus.
The station officially opened for service on Saturday, November 24, 2007, and as part of its opening celebration fares were not collected. Regular service with fare collection commenced on Monday, November 26, 2007.
As part of the CATS Art in Transit program, Arrowood features several pieces intended to provide a better overall aesthetic for the station. The works include bas-reliefs entitled Skyrocket Oak and landscaping entitled Evergreen Encyclopedia by Alice Adams, drinking fountain basins designed to look like dogwoods, the North Carolina state flower, by Nancy Blum, Catawba Pottery motifs on both the pavers and shelters by Leticia Huerta and the painting of the bridge and retaining walls by Marek Ranis.
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